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Kevin Ayers - Unfairground
"KEVIN AYERS has long been revered as a founding member of the pioneering and highly influential Canterbury U.K outfit SOFT MACHINE, and for a string of brilliant solo records throughout the 1970's. Now, he has triumphantly returned after a 15 YEAR silence with a stellar new recording: THE UNFAIRGROUND. Mr. Ayers is not alone in this effort either enlisting the services of Ladybug Transistor as his principal backing band and featuring guest spot by members of Neutral Milk Hotel, Phil Manzanera and fellow Soft Machine alumns Robert Wyatt and Hugh Hopper. THE UNFAIRGROUND is an anticipated and welcomed return to form by one of the truly great eccentric talents in Rock and Roll that both critics and fans have rushed to embrace."
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Bob James Trio - Explosions (Remastered)
:"Featured artists: Bob James (piano); Barre Philips (bass); Robert Pozar (percussion). Also including Robert Ashley and Gordon Mumma (electronic tape collage). From the original liner notes: "The recording is made of an assembly of estranging electronic sound effects, trite sports commentaries, and the music of a beautifully improvising jazz trio. Bob James has, through this convulsion of out-of-context sound elements and music of a trio, tried to emphasize the strange acoustic complex of modern man in his city, in his world, in his cosmos. Digitally remastered from the original tapes. Manufactured in the USA by the original label."
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Angel :  Kalmukia
Angel is Ilpo V”is”nen (Pan Sonic), Hildur Gu?nadÛttir (Lost In Hildurness) and Dirk Dresselhaus (Schneider TM), and this is their third release. Angel was originally formed as the duo of V”is”nen and Dresselhaus in 1999, releasing two live albums: in 2002 an eponymously-titled album on the ...   more info  $15.77
Auburn Lull :  Begin Civil Twilight
Darla is proud to offer one of the most hauntingly beautiful, ethereal pop records ever created. Auburn Lull are a dream pop/space rock band from the East Lansing, Michigan area and are in fact the Michigan space rock scene's core. Begin Civil Twilight is Auburn Lull's third ...   more info  $11.71
Autechre :  Quarstice
Autechre, one of Warp's best known artists, return with Quaristice, a vast, sprawling masterpiece that will galvanize their dedicated and sizable fanbase. With Design Republic back at the helm of art direction, Quaristice will be an album that impresses sonically but also visually. This warmer analog masterpiece recalls ...   more info  $12.77
Basinski, William :  The River
Re-issue; originally released on Raster-Noton, 2002. "The River is the culmination of William Basinski's shortwave music experiments. It was recorded in real time in 1983 using tape loops and shortwave radio static. The loops were all culled from the airwaves, short bits of string melody taken ...   more info  $21.57
Bauhaus :  Go Away White
It is virtually impossible to imagine the last 30 years of rock music without the influence of BAUHAUS. They have inspired countless bands and have mesmerized the masses with their ability to be simultaneously sparse, dark, anthemic, and glam. With their final album, entitled Go Away White, DANIEL ...   more info  $14.27
Booka Shade :  Movements - Tour Edition (W/Dvd)
Everyone who saw the Booka Shade gig at this year's Pukkelpop knew they were experiencing something special. So special Arno & Walter decided to create something unique for the thousands of people who came to see their shows. This unique package is named "Movements - The Tour Edition" and is ...   more info  $15.77
Claro Intelecto :  Metanarrative
Mark Stewart's 2nd full-length release and first release for the Modern Love label as Claro Intelecto. Following 2004's Neurofibro, Stewart decided to re-direct his attention away from the IDM and electro influences that shaped much of his early work. Mark made use of an astute ...   more info  $13.77
Compiled By James Blackshaw / Various :  The Garden Of Forking Paths
The Garden Of Forking Paths was compiled for Important Records by guitarist JAMES BLACKSHAW. Compositions were recorded specially for this collection by HELENA ESPEVAL (ESPERS), Blackshaw, JOZEF VAN WISSE and CHIEKO MORI. Beautifully assembled, The Garden Of Forking Paths serves as a singular and particularly unique musical statement ...   more info  $13.77
Earth :  Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull
EARTH's latest incarnation has arrived. After reworking some old gems for greater illumination on Hibernaculum. The band returns once again to it's continuing evolution. Where Hex reveled in dark satanic twang and austere American beauty, The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull finds DYLAN CARLSON and the ...   more info  $12.77
Enduser :  Left
END.USER is one of the cornerstones of the modern eclectic electronic music. Support from BBC Radioís Mary Anne Hobbs and a list of DJs too long to fit on a one sheet, from many different genres, and releases across many platforms have built him into a juggernaut. A ...   more info  $11.97
Fanu / Laswell, Bill :  Lodge
FANU is Finlandís and perhaps the worldís finest breakbeat splicer and re-imaging doctor. His programming, layering, and arrangements of classic breakbeats are truly some of the most innovative and by far the most realistic sounding ñ akin to a jazz drummer with no boundaries and seventeen available drum ...   more info  $11.77
Jansen, Steve :  Slope
"Former Japan band member and regular David Sylvian collaborator Steve Jansen releases his astonishing solo album on Samadhisound this Autumn. On Slope, tension underlies the crisp rhythms and intricate programming, while a collection of distinctive vocalists draw out the sentiment and expression in his songwriting. As Jansen explains, 'with this album I approached composition attempting to avoid chord and song structures and the usual familiar building blocks. Instead I wanted to piece together unrelated sounds, music samples, rhythms and 'events' in an attempt to deviate from my own trappings as a musician.' The album features guest contributions from Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Thomas Feiner, Anja Garbarek, Nina Kinert, David Sylvian, Theo Travis and Joan Wasser (Joan As Policewoman). Presented as ever in a beautiful digipak featuring exquisite artwork from Australian artist Dan McPharlin and designed by Chris Bigg."   more info  $13.77
Lanois, Daniel :  Here Is What IS
Here is What Is", the remarkable sixth solo album from Daniel Lanois, strikes a chord for independence as the first major release on his own Red Floor Records. An acclaimed singer/songwriter/producer known for producing some of the greatest albums of the last two decades (U2, Bob ...   more info  $14.47
Scientists, The :  Swampland: Birth Of The Scientists
Formed in Perth, Australia, but later to relocate to Melbourne and then London, Kim Salmonís Scientists played a brand of minimalist punked-up swamp blues that saw them become legends on at least three continents. Just about everyone loves the Scientist, from Sonic Youth and Mudhoney (both of ...   more info  $14.97
Soundpool :  Dichotomies + Dreamland
Forming in 2005 Soundpool is a NYC-based 5 piece shoegaze, space rock, audio/visual act with sweet girlie vocals, saturated guitar sounds, lush synth arrangements and a danceable driving rhythm section. Soundpoolís first album, On High, reached the top spot on the Tonevendor charts for well over ...   more info  $12.27
Todd, Mia Doi :  Gea
GEA is the seventh album by singer-songwriter-guitarist-poet-painter-dancer MIA DOI TODD. The album was recorded in Los Angeles, CA, self-produced in collaboration with CARLOS NINO and MIGUEL ATWOOD-FERGUSON. Todd is a true artist--an expressionist in many forms. Her garden of song ...   more info  $11.77
Willits + Sakamoto :  Ocean Fire
Christopher Willits and Ryuichi Sakamoto's new release, Ocean Fire, is a sublime soundtrack for the ocean. It is an intense and stirring wash of cascading tones and textured harmony. Willits + Sakamoto surprise with rare form in this collaboration, creating a sound world unlike anything they have produced previously ...   more info  $12.77
Yokota, Susumu :  Love Or Die
Susumu Yokota is one of the very few consistently engaging electronic artists to emerge in the last 10 years. Always restless, always changing and yet always himself. Love Or Die sees him return to a more distinctly ëambientí sound as found on his classic albums like ë Sakuraí and ...   more info  $12.77
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